Matt Phillips '23

Matt Phillips (‘23) graduated from Clemson University, where he studied Political Science. At UChicago, he is a staff member of The University of Chicago Legal Forum and part of the Christian Legal Society and Edmund Burke Society. Matt spent his 1L summer at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington, D.C. After graduation, he will clerk for the Hon. Julius N. Richardson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and then for the Hon. Neomi J. Rao of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Matt’s favorite conservative book is Rationalism in Politics by Michael Oakeshott.

Talk to Matt about: NBA basketball! He is a lifetime Miami Heat fan.